Does rehabilitation improve work participation in patients with chronic spinal pain after spinal surgery: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Patients with therapy-refractory chronic spinal pain after spinal surgery experience increased disability, resulting in substantial loss of employment and consequently lower quality of life. Despite findings that rehabilitation improves socio-economic outcomes in other chronic pain conditions, evidence for patients with chronic spinal pain after spinal surgery is limited. A systematic review was conducted to provide an overview of rehabilitation interventions and their effectiveness to improve work participation for patients with chronic spinal pain after spinal surgery.

Methods

MEDLINE (via PubMed), Scopus, Embase, and Web of Science, were systematically searched. Risk of bias was assessed using the modified Downs and Black checklist and GRADE was used to assess c

SUBMITTER: Callens J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11681149 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature